Considering Tolkien wrote the original story this is based on in about 1916 or so, I'm not sure how it could really be a WW2 analogue. ;)

They don't have much wood, so they have to conserve torches, One per group. :) Actually, I gave them torches so I could justify using the chibis at normal brightness, instead of reducing the light level on them all to simulate darkness - but giving a torch to all of them seemed over the top.